John Thune: Senate to Vote on SAVE Act—With Photo ID Requirement

By The Geller Report

“We’ll have that vote.” “We’ll have that vote.”

Why hasn’t he held that vote? Why has he done nothing?

Passing the SAVE Act before the midterm elections this fall would be a game changer. Senate Majority Leader Thune: It includes right now a requirement that you be a citizen to register to vote, but it doesn’t include a requirement that to vote you’d be a resident. So, in other words, if you’re going to have what we call voter ID or photo ID, when somebody goes into the ballot box to vote, that’s not currently covered in the bill. So that’s being fixed and addressed. And I think the new bill that comes out, hopefully we’ll deal with that. But I mean, at some point we’ll have that vote. I’m for it. I think most of our colleagues in the Senate are, and it hasn’t had consideration in the relevant committee yet, but I know there’s a high level of interest in among members in getting a vote on SAVE Act (Breaking).

GOP leaders are pressing to force a vote. Let Democrats go on record as saying they don’t want to protect the vote. Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin: “We’re still living with the consequences of Joe Biden allowing over 10 million illegal aliens to flood into our country,” said Senator Mullin. “Under current law, individuals are only required to attest to their citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Given the heavy influx of illegal aliens who are now living in the United States, the SAVE Act is a necessary precaution to prevent ineligible voters from participating in our federal elections. I urge my colleagues to pass the SAVE Act and support stricter identification requirements for election security” (Mullin).

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Pamela Geller

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